なぜなら

なぜなら · nazenara · JLPT N3 · conjunction

because

なぜ (why) + なら (if): if you ask why, here is the reason

なぜ means why and なら means if it is, so なぜなら opens the answer to a why question. It usually begins a sentence and ends with から or ので: なぜなら雨だから, because it is raining.

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